Nat'l Transit Staffing, Inc. v. Norris

Six o'clock in the morning at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgical suite in Little Rock, Arkansas: The patient is in the pre-op holding room being prepped for surgery. Monitors and IVs are in place. The holding room is a buzz of activity. The pre-surgery plan is to administer a general anesthetic which will render the patient unconscious. The anesthesiologist comes up to the side of the patient's bed and introduces himself for the first time. In his hand is a clipboard containing the patient's medical records. While reviewing the records, the anesthesiologist…